In a unique initiative to bring transparency in work, every school, hospital, government office, bus stand and even road in Jhunjhunu's Budania gram panchayat will soon go live with anyone across the world being able to watch 24X7 what's happening in this small village on its website.
Budania sarpanch Randheer Singh, 30, aims at registering this feat in the Guinesse Book of Word Records for being the first such village with a population of 8000 people. Singh had last year made online every record of work done by the panchayat, even minutes of village council meetings.
"Twenty close-circuit cameras with high resolution and night vision facilities will be installed in the first phase that is to be completed by the end of this month. They will cover the panchayat building, community health center, government primary and middle school, veterinary hospital, Ayurveda Hospital, IT center, anganbari center and Mini Bank," said Singh. He added the roads leading to nearby villages, bus stand and other public places will be covered in the second phase.
"Some thefts had been reported in the area recently and the police failed to work out the cases. We think if the CCTVs are installed at the road, they will help check the burglaries," said Randheer Singh, Budania sarpanch.
What makes the project stand out is the fact that villagers themselves, especially former Army men, who are in abundance in this village of Shekhawati region, and teachers have pooled in the money for installing and maintaining the CCTVs.
"It is amazing how people have helped in making the project a reality. Some of the villagers had to be told what being online live on a website means, but they eventually got it," said Singh.
He said that the project will help senior administration officers including the district collector watch the government employees working anytime in a day.
"The authorities will be able to get involved in the government works being undertaken in the village directly," the sarpanch said.
Villagers are quite upbeat over the idea. Birbal Siradhana, a villager, told TOI, "the government employees will come to office on time just due to the fact that electric eyes are watching them. It is a unique project," said Siradhana.
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